Mark Nwagwu
{{short description|Nigerian poet and academic}}
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Mark Nwagwu is a Nigerian poet, columnist and professor of cell molecular biology at the University of Ibadan.{{Cite web |last=Ehigiator |date=29 March 2021 |title='Write Me a Poem' Launch on World Poetry Day |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/03/29/write-me-a-poem-launch-on-world-poetry-day/ |website=ThisDay Newspaper |accessdate=12 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.poemhunter.com/mark-nwagwu/biography/|title=mark nwagwu - mark nwagwu Biography|website=Poem Hunter|accessdate=12 August 2021}} His work has appeared on Vanguard, The Punch, ThisDay and Premium Times.
Early life and career
Nwagwu was born in Obaetiti, Nguru Aboh Mbaise, in Imo State. He attended Christ the King School, Aba, between 1942 and 1949 before proceeding to St. Patrick's College, Calabar, to study between 1950 and 1956.{{cite web|url=https://businessday.ng/personality/article/meet-mark-nwagwu-an-87-yr-old-ph-d-ui-student-of-anthropology/|title=Mark Nwagwu, an 87-yr-old Ph.D. UI student of anthropology|work=Business Day Nigeria|date=14 May 2024}}
He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in zoology in 1961 and 1965, respectively, from the University of London. Thereafter, he obtained a Ph.D. degree in zoology from the Stockholm University in 1965.{{cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/05/17/professor-mark-nwagwu-for-the-love-of-science-literary-works/|title=Professor Mark Nwagwu: For the Love of Science, Literary Works|work=This Day Live|date=17 May 2022}}
Nwagwu went to the University of Connecticut in 1966, where he completed spectacular research on myosin messenger RNA and muscle-protein synthesis on his post-doctoral fellowship.{{cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/news/obasanjo-elumelu-oyegun-others-headline-nwagwus-book-presentation/|title=Obasanjo, Elumelu, Oyegun, others headline Nwagwu's book presentation|work=The Guardian Nigeria|date=16 June 2022}}
In 1969, he was appointed assistant professor at Brock University, Canada, where he later rose to the rank of associate professor in 1973. Returning to Nigeria, he worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Ibadan until his retirement in 2002. He is also a Fellow at Nigerian Academy of Science.{{Cite web|url=https://nas.org.ng/list-of-fellows-since-inception/|title=Fellowship | The Nigerian Academy of Science|date=13 October 2016}}
Bibliography
- Write Me A Poem (2021)
- Time Came Upon Me and Other Poems {{ISBN|9789789211814}} (2019){{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/art/nwagwu-dedicates-new-poetry-collection-to-late-wife-helen/|title=Nwagwu dedicates new poetry collection to late wife, Helen|author=Diamond, Maria|website=The Guardian Newspaper|date=27 March 2019|accessdate=12 August 2021}}
- HelenaVenus (2013)
- Cat Man Dew (2012)
- Helen Not-of-Troy (2009)
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Category:University of Ibadan alumni
Category:Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Science
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